Faith and Works Lecture Series

Faith and Works Lecture Series: Jeff Sheets

Faith and Works Lecture Series May 18, 2017 at 11:00 am in the Nelke Theatre. Jeff Sheets, School of Communications faculty member, will present his lecture “Experiment Upon the Word” SEE EVENT POSTER

Jeff Sheets - Biography

Jeff Sheets is an Associate Teaching Professor of Communications at BYU. His emphasis is in the Advertising sequence where he oversees the Creative Track and is the Faculty advisor to the award-winning BYU AdLab. This is a bit of “cyclical serendipity” as Jeff first came to teach at BYU in 2003 and co-founded the BYU AdLab, becoming its first Director for the better part of 10 years. Jeff also served as the Director of the LaycockCenter for Creative Collaboration in the College for 5 years.

Professionally, Jeff has worked from NYC to SLC, with big brands to small start ups, on branding campaigns to new product roll outs and everything in between. He has consulted with Nike, Apple Computer, TaylorMade Golf, Gatorade, UNICEF, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jeff and his wife Brooke, both graduates of BYU, have four children and live in Alpine, Utah.

Faith is not to have perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true. — Alma 32:21

College of Fine Arts and Communications faculty, students and guests are invited to attend the third CFAC Faith and Works Lecture Series March 2, 2017 at 11:00 am in the Nelke Theatre. Adam Houghton, Department of TMA faculty member, will present his lecture “Genuine Experience Will Prove the Truth” SEE EVENT POSTER

Adam Houghton - Biography Adam Houghton joined the BFA Acting faculty at BYU last fall. Before that he taught acting classes and directed plays for 13 years at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota. Adam graduated from BYU in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Film with an Acting Emphasis. He received his MFA in directing from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. In addition to his MFA, Adam has pursued diverse acting training that includes traditional approaches as well as Biomechanics, the Noh Training Project, and Alba Emoting. He has a keen interest in mask making and performance and sees the mask’s primary function in communication as revealing more than it conceals. BYU has had a profound impact on Adam's life. Adam's father grew up in a small mining town and his BYU education changed the direction of his life, lifting him out of poverty. He instilled this value of education in Adam from a young age. And it was at BYU where Adam developed as an artist, scholar, and disciple of Christ, integrating a love of learning, art, and the gospel.​ For Adam, the greatest theatre is that which reveals truth and strengthens the bonds between God​ and his children. After serving a mission in Germany, Adam met his wife, Lori, on a blind date while they were students at BYU and their family has three girls who will surpass Adam and Lori in every way. One additional Faith and Works lectures will take place during the 2016-2017 academic year. All lectures will be held at the BYU Museum of Art auditorium.

• Jeff Sheets (Communications), May 18, 2017

Faith and Works lecturers will

• Describe their journey of faith within a disciplinary context
• Demonstrate how artists and scholars can productively wrestle with big disciplinary questions in ways that exhibit mastery and rigor within their disciplines while also exploring, respecting, and fostering faith
• Share creative or theoretical projects and work processes that grew out of spiritual issues, devotional inspiration, or gospel questions, and that also grapple in intellectually engaging ways with big disciplinary questions

Faith and Works Lecture Series Third Speaker: Tara Carpenter

Faith and Works Lecture Series Second Speaker: Luke Howard

Faith and Works Lecture Series First Speaker: Robert M. Graham